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Archive for March 2008

March 21st, 2008

Freebies for 3/21/08

Wooohoooo!  Don’t you just love free stuff????  Here’s a few I’ve come across this week.

Aveeno Positively Ageless Sample - I just called and got mine.  This is an automated system.  Call 866-228-3366.
Maybelline Mineral Powder Sample - Wal-Mart is my favorite place to order samples because you receive them so quickly. 
Sample of Sticky Tabs
Purina Dog or Cat […]

By Karen -- 3 comments

March 21st, 2008

Live Traffic Feeds

This doesn’t really have anything to do with being thrifty.  Consider it food for thought.
I’ve seen several blogs out there lately that have a box in the corner labeled Live traffic feed that tells incoming visitors’ blog names as well as the location of the blogger.  This may seem really cool to see all the places […]

By Karen -- 2 comments

March 21st, 2008

Find a Local Discount Grocery Store

Today we had to take the kitty to get her stitches out and on the way home we spotted a new scratch and dent grocery store.  I told hubby that we didn’t need to go in because we did not have anymore room in our cabinets.  lol  I told him I was holding out for triple coupon […]

By Karen -- 12 comments

March 21st, 2008

Top 20 ways to save time while cleaning your home

I hate to clean. I am willing to admit that. But finding the time to clean is getting harder and harder now that I have 2 kids. I just want to play with them all the time. But the house needs to be cleaned and the floors need to be vacuumed. […]

By kellys -- 8 comments

March 20th, 2008

Triple Coupons at Harris Teeter!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Triple coupons are a thrifty person’s deal come true.  You can usually get stuff for free, or pretty stinkin’ close to it.
Harris Teeter has just announced that they are tripling coupons March 27, 28, and 29.
Mark your calendars are start sorting those coupons.  Have fun saving money!
Thanks to our reader, Mary, for the info.

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By Karen -- 2 comments

March 20th, 2008

Ever wonder why Easter is so early this year?

I got this in an email and I verified it so I thought I would pass it on.
As you may know, Easter is always the 1st Sunday after the 1st full moon after the Spring Equinox (which is March 20). This dating of Easter is based on the lunar calendar that Hebrew people used to […]

By kellys -- 4 comments

March 19th, 2008

Want to Win Some Cash?

The Lifestyles Channel is currently engaged in a contest.  All you have to do is leave a comment on various blogs.  The winning blogger that wins the internal contest will be awarding one of their visitors with some money.   We could all use some extra money, so get out there and start commenting. The list of Lifestyle […]

By Karen -- 1 comment

March 19th, 2008

Time is Money and Money is Time

Whenever I have spent a considerable amount of effort and time on something, I have frequently heard the phrases, “Time equals money”, “Your time is valuable”, or something along those lines.  I always perceived that the person was saying that what I was doing was not worth the effort.  Otherwise, why would they have said that?
Yes, my time […]

By Karen -- 18 comments

March 19th, 2008

Bed, Bath and coupons Beyond

So I used my Bed, Bath, and Beyond coupon to get some more space bags. I love those. Karen agrees. And I like getting 4 large bags and one travel bag for $15. The easiest and best way to get coupons for your favorite stores is to sign up for either […]

By kellys -- 2 comments

March 19th, 2008

Credit card rate reduction

So excited! I just got a notice from my Credit Union that they are going to lower my rate from 12.99% to a fixed 9.99% rate for the life of my card. Let me tell you. I am excited! And I will also keep that letter in case they ever try […]

By kellys -- 2 comments